Pokémon Dollar

Pokémon Dollar (Japanese: ポケドルPokédollar) is the main currency used in most known regions of the Pokémon world. Its symbol is , a P with a double strikethrough, similar to the ¥ symbol used for Japanese yen or the € symbol used for euro, with the P symbol referring to Pokémon.

The Pokémon Dollar and its symbol were both created for the English translation of the games. In the original Japanese versions (except for Colosseum and XD), the currency used is yen and the symbol used is 円, the kanji for yen. As such, the Pokémon Dollar is based on yen.

Also, much like the yen, the cost of simple items runs in the hundreds—indeed, most items have prices that are multiples of 100 or 1000. For comparison, in the Generation VI games, a taxi ride starts at 710, which is precisely the same starting tariff as in Japan.

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Acquisition

Pokémon Dollars are acquired primarily by defeating Pokémon Trainers in battle, or by selling items at a Poké Mart. Pokémon Dollars can also be acquired by using the move Pay Day in battle, at the rate of either 2 or 5 times the level of the Pokémon using it, depending on the generation. Pokémon Black and White introduces the concept of item maniacs. Item maniacs are NPCs who will pay large sums of money for certain items, most of which have no other use but to be sold to these people.

In the anime

A yen symbol in the anime

In the main series

Pokémon Dollars are not used or seen in the Pokémon anime, whether the original or the English dub, although money has been mentioned throughout the anime and the yen symbol (changed to a dollar symbol in the dub) appeared on a restaurant bill in Showdown in Pewter City.

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Trivia

The symbol for resembles the official symbol for the Russian ruble, ₽, which uses the Cyrillic letter Р with a single horizontal stroke through it. It can also be seen to resemble one way of writing the symbol for Philippine peso, ₱, the official currency of the Philippines.

The Korean versions of the games use the Hangul symbol for Won "원" which is the currency used in South Korea, instead of as used in games outside of Japan. In real life, won is worth roughly ten times less than yen.